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Learn about Contraception on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Contraception on CME Webcast. Today there are a lot more options for contraception. So many in fact, that it can be confusing at times which one to use. To review contraception and some of the more recent updates, We’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s experts. First, we have Dr Brett Worly, who is an Associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a leader of medical education. He has published multiple papers on the relationship between hormonal contraception and mental health. And we also have Hannah Parks who is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Feel comfortable counseling patients on different contraception options.
  • Recognize absolute and relative contraindications for contraception.
  • Discuss contraception options for the adolescent population.
  • Be familiar with contraceptive treatments for patient-specific indications

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Forms of Contraception
  • Birth Control in Adolescents
  • Vaginal Gel
  • Stopping Contraception
  • OCP Selection
  • Bone Density
  • LARC Duration
  • Emergency Contraception

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Gender Affirming Care on Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Gender Affirming Care on Webcast. Gender affirming care has come a long way in the past century. Here to teach us more about gender affirming care are two of Ohio State University’s experts. We’re pleased to introduce Dr. Andrew Keaster, Assistant Professor of the Department of Family Medicine & Dr. Melissa Davis, Assistant Professor of Family & Community medicine.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Review feminizing gender affirming hormone therapy including types of medications used, contraindications, risks, and benefits of treatment.
  • Review masculinizing hormone therapy including contraindications, risks, and benefits of treatment and how this treatment may differ for non-binary individuals.
  • Learn the difference between Sex and Gender
  • Learn to create a safe, supportive space for gender diverse individuals

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Pronouns
  • Estrogen
  • Young Adults

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Opioid-Sparing Perioperative Care on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Opioid-Sparing Perioperative Care on CME Webcast. 2017 and the US declares the opioid epidemic a public health crisis. The CDC reports 136 people die of opioid overdose every day with synthetic opioids being the most common culprit. Opioids are still a useful tool in our pain management arsenal particularly when we’re putting a patient through a painful procedure—but what else can we use to manage perioperative pain? Here to answer this question and more is Dr Michelle Humeidan, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: understand the pathophysiology and diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes; and identify therapies that reduce mortality in acute coronary syndromes.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Frequency of Misuse
  • Addiction from short-term use
  • Opioid disposal
  • Preferred Opioids
  • Complementary Medicine
  • Intrathecal Opioids

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Suicide Risk Assessment and Response in Primary Care

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Suicide Risk Assessment and Response in Primary Care on webcast. Nearly every primary care physician has had a patient die from suicide. But there is something that all of us can do about it. We can better identify our patients at risk for suicide and we can more effectively talk with our patients about suicide. On this CME webcast, we’re going to be discussing suicide risk assessment and response in primary care. We’d like to welcome our guests. Clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Craig Bryan. And also clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Justin Baker.

View a video introduction of this webcast

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: describe how items from the Suicide Cognitions Scale-Revised can improve the accuracy of suicide risk screening and assessment; and identify the components of crisis response planning for suicide prevention.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • ‘Red flags’ for emergency care
  • When to refer outpatients
  • What to look for when referring a patient to a mental health professional
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Wound Care on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Wound Care on CME Webcast. On this CME webcast, we are going to show you what we learned in creating our new Wound Center so that you can apply these same principles to wound care at your hospital in order to provide state of the art wound management to your own patients. Our format today will consist of short presentations by 4 of our wound specialists followed by a more in depth review of wound reconstruction by our Wound Center’s medical director.

View a video introduction of this webcast

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: explain the range of advanced wound care measures available for the management of complex wounds; emphasize the value of multidisciplinary care for problematic wounds; understand that the underlying wound etiology must be addressed to promote healing; and understand more clearly the potential for bone involvement in wound care.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Diabetic Foot Wound
  • Orthopaedic Wound Care
  • General Surgery and Wound Care
  • Case Presentations on Various Wound Etiologies
  • Advanced Wound Care

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.